Microsoft Reports Record Fourth-Quarter Results — Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share …

Is Flipboard Legal? — Social news app Flipboard was yesterday's hot new app, despite—or perhaps because of—technical problems preventing some features from working. But there might be a bigger snag: Is Flipboard scraping content it doesn't have the rights to?

Flipboard: A startup's first bad day or success? — I'm seeing lots of tweets saying I caused Flipboard to have a bad first day. Why? Because its servers were overwhelmed and it wasn't letting new users sign up properly and even existing users, like me, were having trouble getting to the service and getting utility out of it.

I confess: I bought an iPad (and so far I love it) — I bought an iPad. — Big deal, you say... So did 3.3 million other people so far this year. — Well, for me it is a big deal. I'm a PC. I am not an early adopter or someone who rushes out to buy the latest/greatest gadget.

WordPress vs. Thesis: The battle is over. — This tweet pretty much sums up the whole post: — If you're not familiar with the background, however, the Cliff's Notes version comes down to Thesis Theme using a license other than GPL, which created a conflict between Thesis Theme creator Chis Pearson …

Apple the new world leader in software insecurity — Apple has displaced Oracle as the company with the most security vulnerabilities in its software, according to security company Secunia. Over the first half of 2010, Apple had more reported flaws than any other vendor. Microsoft retains its third-place spot.

Ready...set...discover more music on YouTube — If you want easier ways to discover music on YouTube, just start here. Our revamped music page - part of a redesign that started with our shows and movies pages - showcases the most viewed music videos, special promotions, curated playlists …

Graphs — It has become customary to use “graph” to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. (Computer scientists call the study of graphs “network theory,” but on the web the word “network” is used to refer to the websites themselves).

Apple Looks to Small Businesses — Apple Inc. is boosting efforts to appeal to a new type of customer: small businesses. — The consumer electronics giant responsible for the iPhone is seeking to hire engineers in as many as a dozen U.S. retail stores to put together Apple-based computer systems …

Facebook Creator Mark Zuckerberg to Get Yellow on The Simpsons — A certain upcoming movie may think he's a creep, but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will soon be known as something else: A guest voice on The Simpsons. Vulture has learned that Zuckerberg has taped an appearance for the upcoming season (number 22!), playing himself.

A New Version Of Google Chrome Now Due Every Six Weeks — With their Chrome web browser, Google has always been obsessed with speed. And now they're speeding up another aspect of it: how often stable builds are released. The goal now is to release a new stable version of the browser every six weeks …